Sunday, July 24, 2011

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Fabric Collage 2

so I finished stitching down all the scraps


here it is from the back - pretty cool


(backing fabric will cover this)


i built up the applique on baking paper


then carefully transferred it for fusing


here she is



you probably guessed by now that this is


"Girl on a Tree Swing" by Aneela Hoey



all finished




overall a quick project and lots of fun


This small quilt was submitted to my guild as part of a challenge.

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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Fabric Collage

So I cut some one inch strips




I cross-cut the strips to one and half inch rectangles


and placed them on to the sticky side of paper-backed fusible web


I had the fusible web resting on a square ruler for easy transfer to the ironing board





I only gently pressed so as to not disturb my arrangement

this is what it looks like from the back



I carefully removed the paper backing then fused it to a white fabric foundation
I then pinned it to my wadding, in this case, pellon



here you can see how I'm stitching it down



I have yet to stitch the green down

there's a little more to be added to the quiltlet after this

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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Christmas In July



For all of you working on Christmas items - good luck on a great head start!



For the rest of us... what's going on over there?



For more inspiration, Google Images Christmas Quilts.



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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

When you're home sick...

I'm in the hacking/choking cough phase of my cold and it is impossible to be effective at work so here I am at home drinking hot tea with lemon and trying every cough syrup known to man. Alas, time will be the best remedy. All is not lost however, as I can still operate my sewing machine between coughing fits.


Our dear friend Lurline started making a quilt with this pattern using Liberty fabrics. Her life is turned a little upside down at the moment, and she has graciously consented to allow a few of her friends to work on the quilt for her.


Our dear friend Robin pre-cut the strips and supplied us with block kits.


For the centre pinwheels, Robin prepared the half-square triangles (hst) by placing right sides together with this gridded paper and then sewing on the dashed lines. I will cut on the solid lines, remove the paper gently and voila! perfect hst's!


The top left block is one Lurline made and was supplied to us as a 'sample'. Our strips included two over-sized strips for the outer edge to allow for trimming as that mysterious quarter-inch seam can be elusive when shared in a group.


So while I am coughing and spluttering and feeling sorry for myself, my dear Mr Fixit is busy detailing (i.e. painting) our kitchen/dining/family area (still). It's a long job when perfection is demanded. If he were a quilter, any quilt he made would be a masterpiece.


And I discovered this little chore to do in the laundry.


One of my favourite and oh-so-necessary-in-this-weather turtlenecks.


I think I'll go and have a little nap. Coughing is too much hard work!


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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Misc

I made this little dragon ages and ages ago. It belongs to daughter #2. My first softie. Cheap felt and over-stuffed but well loved. The eyes have yellowed over the years. I got the pattern from a book or magazine - can't remember - although I probably still have it here somewhere.


Back view.



My number 2 daughter made this as a school project way back when. She is now 22.


Detail.


Recent family photo just before we went to see "The John Denver Story" with Rick Price.



Left to right Daughter #2, Daughter #1, Daughter #3 (crouching), Mumsyblossom and Mr Fixit.

Lots of painting and fixing plumbing and fighting winter colds going on at the moment. No sewing - alas!


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